Table 1 Characteristics of LIFE-Adult participants, the Leipzig population, and short questionnaire participants by sex and age
Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 40 to 49 | 50 to 59 | 60 to 69 | 70 to 79 | 40 to 49 | 50 to 59 | 60 to 69 | 70 to 79 |
Married, % | ||||||||
LIFE-Adult participants | 48.8 | 65.3 | 80.7 | 85.3 | 52.7 | 65.8 | 68.1 | 55.5 |
Leipzig population | 44.7 | 60.5 | 69.7 | 84.6 | 49.2 | 59.2 | 60.2 | 57.5 |
SQ participants | 48.2 | 60.2 | 73.5 | 81.9 | 56.3 | 60.5 | 66.0 | 55.9 |
Highly educated, % | ||||||||
LIFE-Adult participants | ||||||||
1st stage tertiary education | 46.6 | 50.6 | 62.1 | 73.2 | 51.0 | 51.5 | 47.7 | 43.7 |
Hochschulreifea | 34.7 | 32.6 | 34.8 | 34.8 | 34.7 | 31.4 | 27.4 | 21.1 |
Leipzig population | ||||||||
1st stage tertiary education | 35.4 | 34.6 | (40.2) | 56.0 | 45.5 | 41.1 | 35.3 | 36.8 |
SQ participants | ||||||||
Hochschulreifea | 32.4 | 24.8 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 33.2 | 26.9 | 25.2 | 16.5 |
Employed, % | ||||||||
LIFE-Adult participants | 90.7 | 84.0 | 31.3 | 4.2 | 90.9 | 83.9 | 26.1 | 2.2 |
Leipzig population | 86.2 | 79.6 | (38.9) | / | 84.6 | 75.7 | (24.9) | / |
SQ participants | 85.2 | 76.6 | 23.9 | 2.9 | 83.3 | 75.4 | 17.2 | 1.9 |
Current nonsmoker, % | ||||||||
LIFE-Adult participants | ||||||||
Nonsmokers of tobacco | 66.1 | 68.7 | 82.2 | 93.0 | 71.1 | 71.4 | 87.0 | 94.6 |
Nonsmokers of cigarettes | 67.4 | 70.0 | 83.9 | 94.4 | 71.4 | 71.7 | 87.2 | 94.6 |
Leipzig population | ||||||||
Nonsmokers of tobacco | 57.7 | 63.1 | 73.6 | 92.1 | 70.0 | 74.7 | 85.0 | 97.0 |
SQ participants | ||||||||
Nonsmokers of cigarettes | 59.8 | 62.3 | 75.8 | 87.5 | 67.3 | 67.1 | 86.0 | 92.9 |
Poor physical condition, % | ||||||||
LIFE-Adult participants | 2.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
SQ participants | 2.7 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 11.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 9.9 |
Myocardial infarction, % | ||||||||
LIFE-Adult participants | 0.5 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
SQ participants | 0.7 | 4.9 | 10.0 | 13.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 4.4 |
Stroke, % | ||||||||
LIFE-Adult participants | 0.7 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 3.4 |
SQ participants | 0.8 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
Diabetes, % | ||||||||
LIFE-Adult participants | 3.4 | 9.7 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 13.4 | 19.8 |
SQ participants | 6.0 | 13.2 | 30.1 | 34.7 | 3.5 | 12.7 | 21.0 | 28.1 |
Cancer, % | ||||||||
LIFE-Adult participants | 2.2 | 4.6 | 12.1 | 24.0 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 13.9 | 18.9 |
SQ participants | 2.9 | 7.1 | 10.8 | 21.5 | 4.8 | 10.1 | 14.7 | 18.0 |